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. >> reporter: a mistake that us about geoffrey mcgann behind bars and left his friend scratching his head. >> yes, i was shocked after reading about it on the internet. it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: what has him baffled is the arrest of mcgann last night at the oakland international airport. he was going through security when the tsa agent saw what he believed was a suspicious device going through x-ray. >> he came into the airport wearing a watch that had a toggle switch on it. it had fuses, it had a circuit board and wires shooting from it. >> reporter: police say mcgann was about to board a flight to los angeles. authorities call the bomb squad and the fbi because in their eyes, what they were at could have been dangerous. >> it could have been a triggering device. he was wearing a military style shirt that has a turn kit built into it. if you receive a traumatic injury to your arm, you can tighten up the turn kit and it will tighten up the bleeding. >> reporter: police say he was wearing boots that were two sizes too big with a secret come apartment in the middle of the sho
. >> reporter: a mistake that us about geoffrey mcgann behind bars and left his friend scratching his head. >> yes, i was shocked after reading about it on the internet. it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: what has him baffled is the arrest of mcgann last night at the oakland international airport. he was going through security when the tsa agent saw what he believed was a suspicious device going through x-ray. >> he came into the airport wearing a watch that had a...
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deputies arrested 49-year-old jeffrey mcgann and evacuated the terminal. >> i'm an artist. it's an art project. i travel with numbers of them to give to friends and family and people that give me corporate work, et cetera. >> well, the alameda county district attorney's office did not comment on why they dropped the charges. mcgann tells us this is the first time he has ever run into any trouble for wearing art in an airport. that might set off a few whistles and bells. >> you would think about going to the airport wearing something like that. >> or disclose it. >> weather-wise, yeah. we have a little mist. i think rain is on the way. >> i know it was windy this morning. >> could you feel it in the air today. we have changes coming. we have a cold front heading in our direction. the wind has picked up. we have clouds and showers overnight in the north bay. check out your high-def doppler radar. light showers continuing there, drizzle at the coastline. see the showers continuing on and off throughout the night now into the santa rosa area. that's what we're seeing, not a who
deputies arrested 49-year-old jeffrey mcgann and evacuated the terminal. >> i'm an artist. it's an art project. i travel with numbers of them to give to friends and family and people that give me corporate work, et cetera. >> well, the alameda county district attorney's office did not comment on why they dropped the charges. mcgann tells us this is the first time he has ever run into any trouble for wearing art in an airport. that might set off a few whistles and bells. >> you...
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mcgann tells us this is the first time he has run into any trouble for wearing his art in an airport. >> you have to think that's going to raise eyebrows. >>> there's a water break. we launched chopper 5. various lanes blocked are blocked. it's a huge sinkhole in the ground at west 10th and cutter. this is a residential area so crews are doing repairs and shut off water service in the area. so heads up if you live in that neighborhood, that's what's going on. we have launched chopper 5 so we'll bring you some live pictures here coming up very shortly. i want to update you on this accident through the altamont pass. eastbound 580 approaching grant line road that accident now cleared to the right-hand shoulder. we are still seeing delays, not in the commute direction. it looks okay across that stretch. 14 minutes between the altamont pass and 680 but you will find roadwork in eastbound lanes 580 through live. westbound 237 looks clear, six minutes between 880 and 101 in the silicon valley. otherwise the golden gate bridge looks like they have done some lane changes now and there is some
mcgann tells us this is the first time he has run into any trouble for wearing his art in an airport. >> you have to think that's going to raise eyebrows. >>> there's a water break. we launched chopper 5. various lanes blocked are blocked. it's a huge sinkhole in the ground at west 10th and cutter. this is a residential area so crews are doing repairs and shut off water service in the area. so heads up if you live in that neighborhood, that's what's going on. we have launched...
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mcgann says he was surprised by his arrest. >> business as usual, traveling back to l.a. i had one and put it in bin and tsa gentleman stopped it and that was fine. next thing i'm in handcuffs and detained and bomb squad. >> mcgann is a part time instructor in san francisco. >>> state officials are asking for more time to reduce prison overcrowding the state is asking a federal court for a six month extension on an order to lower california's inmate population by 34,000 over two years. the deadline is next june. the state has been sending low level felons to county jail but says it won't be able to meet that requirement without releasing some prisoners early that could pose a danger to the community. >>> san francisco board of supervisors set to decide long running argument over the issue of free muni fares for low income youth. the commission has awarded more than six million dollars to help implement such a program, some supervisors say the money would be better spent towards maintaining muni's fleet. the others support free muni for youth many transportation chief reco
mcgann says he was surprised by his arrest. >> business as usual, traveling back to l.a. i had one and put it in bin and tsa gentleman stopped it and that was fine. next thing i'm in handcuffs and detained and bomb squad. >> mcgann is a part time instructor in san francisco. >>> state officials are asking for more time to reduce prison overcrowding the state is asking a federal court for a six month extension on an order to lower california's inmate population by 34,000...
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mcgann told authorities he was traveling for work and the watch is part of an art project. he was booked into the santa rita jail. >>> former cia director david petraeus testified behind closed doors. now lawmakers are in front of the cameras talking about what he told them about the benghazi terror attack. lawmakers say retired general petraeus told them his initial assessment of the attack pointed to terrorists. republican lawmaker peter king says the talking points provided by the cia were changed during the vetting process. several agencies took part in that process, including the justice department and the state department and king said, quote, it's still not clear how the talking points emerged and no one knows yet who came up with the final talking points. >> the original talking points were much more specific about al-qaeda involvement and yet the final ones said indications of extremists. it said indicate, even though it was clearly evidence to the cia that there was al-qaeda involvement. >> the white house said yesterday that it did not try to censure comments. >>
mcgann told authorities he was traveling for work and the watch is part of an art project. he was booked into the santa rita jail. >>> former cia director david petraeus testified behind closed doors. now lawmakers are in front of the cameras talking about what he told them about the benghazi terror attack. lawmakers say retired general petraeus told them his initial assessment of the attack pointed to terrorists. republican lawmaker peter king says the talking points provided by the...